Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Douglas, The scanner is for repro work, so good resolution and optical quality are vital. I've never used a flatbed for this kind of thing, but I'm assuming they wouldn't cut the mustard? Cheers, Paul ******* www.theconstanteye.com <<< NEW BOOK! www.paulhardycarter.com +44 (0)20 3239 9573 ******* On 8 Aug 2009, at 15:14, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Hi Paul, > > if extremely high-resolution is not an issue, the Canon flatbeds are > very good. I've had a Canoscan 9900F for years and often use it for > quick scans of 24 slides or negs at a time. The carrier for film > strips doesn't cater for full width, but you could cut your own > template for scanning the film from edge to edge from black card. > The quality of the scanner is very good, and is apparently even > better for the newer models. Costs a lot less than an MF scanner and > is invaluable in the office too - I get superb results when I have > to OCR documents for translation. > > Cheers > Douglas